GordonCole
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Tuesday October 18, 2016
Miriam Hopkins’ 114th birthday on TCM
THE STRANGER’S RETURN with Franchot Tone
VIRGINIA CITY with Errol Flynn
WISE GIRL with Ray Milland
OLD ACQUAINTANCE with Bette Davis
THE OLD MAID with Bette Davis
THE RICHEST GIRL IN THE WORLD with Joel McCrea
LADY WITH RED HAIR with Claude Rains
DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE with Fredric March
All good films but the Frederic March version of the Stevenson tale is the superlative version in my estimation. Thanks for the update.
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Yes, her plastic surgery storyline in the 80s was groundbreaking. But she obviously had several more visits to the plastic surgeon after that, and none of those were written into the show.
She was interviewed in a soap magazine when she had been nominated but hadn't yet won an Emmy. She said her reward was a good job on a show loved by millions. She preferred rewards over awards. But then a year or two later, she did win the Emmy...and you could tell everyone was quite happy for her.
It is also wonderful to see her in earlier tv parts which thankfully are now being shown again on some retro tv channels. Lovely lady for sure.
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I wonder if the Nobel Committee will still try to give him the $1 million prize money.
He's busy having visions of Johanna.
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Hey, GordonCole (whoever you are—not David Lynch's FBI agent from Twin Peaks, I figure) you can slag on me all you want for whatever reasons, but your comment about the actresses who choose to participate in my festivals betrays an egregious lack of understanding and compassion. Feel free to ask anyone who has ever been a guest at one of my events. To assert that I'm using them somehow for my personal "gain" is absurd and insulting, to them and to me. If you don't like me, fine. Making up specious rationales for it, and blathering such ill-informed BS, makes you look small and ignorant.
You are, however, the first one to see the connection in my writing to the poetry of Suzanne Somers. Imagine that—34 years a professional writer, 10 published books, a NYT bestseller, a Best First Novel Award from the Private Eye Writers of America and three Edgar Award nominations from the MWA, and you're the FIRST to isolate the Somers influence. Not even Scribner's Susanne Kirk, one of the most esteemed editors of crime fiction ever, caught it. Everyone claimed I was a cross between Hammett and Joyce De Witt. But YOU! You nailed it. Congrats.
How can one not enjoy such a lengthy and verbose protestation, Mr. Muller and I did most sincerely.
To slightly paraphrase what Mandy Rice-Davies might say, when one denies so vehemently "Well, he would, wouldn't he?"
I enjoyed your exegesis almost as much as I have pleasure watching the machinations of your fellow writer [fictional though he may be] Joe Gillis.
Again many thanks and here's to Claire Trevor!
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Reading of the recent news of Patricia Barry's passing has reminded me of the Hitchcock Hour episode titled "Good-Bye, George"(first telecast in 1963) she co-starred in with Robert Culp and Stubby Kaye.
In this one she's a famous Hollywood actress who's first husband(Kaye) and who's believed dead, comes back to blackmail her. Culp plays her manager and second husband, and comes up with a plan to get rid Kaye's body after she accidentally kills him.
(...and of course as usual, the ending has that famous Hitchcockian twist)
I saw that one this year for the first time and it was superlative. I also like the one where she starts wearing the wig from the witchcraft days I think for a part in a play or film. Wonderfully evocative. She was always memorable and really a lot different from most of her contemporary actresses of the time who were not as subtly subversive or sexy.
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Yes, that was her. A small part, but she made a big impact. (and looked GREAT).
In her early films, she was the typical glamourpuss but she really hit her stride in the 1950's on tv, due to her comedic abilities and feminine charm. And that southern drawl didn't hurt. Yes, she was still very attractive in Sea of Love as you say. Thanks.
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Does he write fiction too? I've never read any of his books.
I thought he only wrote non-fiction. I have no doubt he's
very knowledgeable about noir and writes about it with
some flair. I don't like him because he seems to palm
himself off as the official czar of noir or whatever the title
is. It's only a noir if Eddie says so.
One might better say Muller tries to write fiction, but it is on the talent level of poetry by Suzanne Somers. Any astute film fans who have ever seen him at noirfests would easily note that he has a grade school knowledge of movies and just bluffs most the time while speaking, and only about films he has probably memorized info about in cramming sessions. He also seems to have a predilection to use older actresses for his benefit at such events, to regale his followers. My guess is he gives them a freebie dinner and a free ride to the event, and since many are in their eighties they feel complimented to have some attention again for their previous work, and don't see they are being used for others' gain. Gotta feel sorry for talented actresses who get trotted out at such things like prize cattle and see their minds being picked for information about the films they once starred in.
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I'm looking forward to the birthday celebratory interview on TCM for Mr. Lloyd who will be 101 on November 8th of this year.
Thinking about him made me try to recall other stars who are still alive and it came to my attention that Skip Homeier turned 86 on October 5th this year. It would be nice to see him again even though he seems to be happily retired.
Glad to see Norman Lloyd is being justly given accolades for his body of work.
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Sorry to hear. She had a long career in films and television. A great beauty. And she still looked great the last time I saw her (some film with Al Pacino and Ellen Barkin) maybe 20 years ago... Sea of Love, I guess it was.
Wasn't she playing the slightly older lady who met up with Pacino at the restaurant for a blind date, and later threw wine in his face? She was always memorable in any part and my favorite is an episode called "The Chaser" with George Grizzard.
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Vautrin,
Solved the mystery about the college prof. They ran the episode this past wknd. It was titled The Hatbox. The prof. was played by Paul Ford not Robert Emhardt. I had got the stories mixed up. (they are similar) No Cara Williams in this one. Glad didnt have to wait 6 months to solve the puzzle!
Robert Emhart was such a commanding presence in character parts. By the way, in checking the ME-Tv schedule for this week for AHH, I noticed that right before it on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 they are showing the episode "The Hitch-Hiker" with Ingrid Stevens which is another classic.
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Nope! Tiffany rules...
She reminds me of some of his female fans at noir events. Awestruck and sycophantic.
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I hadn't seen it for years since seeing the stage version back in the day. I always wondered if Enid Bagnold had been somewhat inspired by the hidden life of fellow writer Anne Perry, who also had the former murder charge and name change. The Kerr/Evans/Mills version was nicely done also.
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Heck, EM has been shilling himself and noir flicks for years.
Pushing some vino shouldn't be that hard.
Have you ever read one of his most amateurly written books? He's no Raymond Chandler that's for sure.
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Incredible actor, who was equally effective as hero or villain. Though he was magnificent in most incarnations, my favorite is as the horrid Mister Murdstone in "David Copperfield". Only someone like Edna Mae Oliver could control a person of his distemper. HIs fencing skills in films with Errol Flynn were consummately arresting and his presence and aura infiltrate all films he was in marking them as quality productions. Okay, except maybe a few later horror flicks but even those were made better by his skills.
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Lee made a very intimidating Dracula. Lugosi was ethnically closer to the literary character, and there were a few moments of creepiness to his performance, but Lee was more menacing. Until the Coppola version, the closest Dracula to the novel was Christopher Lee's turn in 1970's Count Dracula, which wasn't part of the Hammer series.
I have read that Hammer gave Lee so little dialogue because they were paying him based on the number of lines he had, and the fewer the lines, the smaller the paycheck.
To be fair, both were excellent in their own way with each having a unique and measured take on the Bram Stoker character. I liked that Lee chose to have his cloak lined with red to distinguish him from the Lugosi oeuvre.
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They had several good ones on last week (Lillian Gish, Peter Fonda) I forgot to check yesterday what's on this week. I will check tonight. I vaguely remember the Leighton one, but not much. I will record it. An Unlocked Window is one of my all time favorites...........
Yes, An Unlocked Window can knock one's socks off with its denouement.
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Has TCM ever shown this in the last five years? First saw it when it came out in 1975 but not since but its images have stayed with me. I know some regale it and others abhor it.
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Just a reminder, one of the finest episodes of the hour AHH series in my opinion, is scheduled to play on the Me-TV listings on 10/14/16 at 1:00am, namely Where the Woodbine Twineth. I was clued in to this one by someone who sadly no longer posts here and I was suitably impressed when I saw it as it lived up to its reputation. To suffice, it was written by American novelist, Davis Grubb who is known for his other most famed story, The Night of the Hunter. The Woodbine episode stars Margaret Leighton and is quite eerie. The Me-TV schedule will list shows after midnight as being on the earlier day's schedule so this is really on early Saturday morning I believe. I think one of the other better episodes plays soon too, which is the one called An Unlocked Window. Would appreciate comments from those who've seen the above episodes.
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While her husband of two weeks Zachary Scott is away at war Ann Sheridan has an affair with a sculptor who becomes something of a stalker.Scott plays the cuckold husband to a T, Ayers is a bit preachy in this. Sheridan is fine and the rest of the cast is adequet, the main reason for me to watch is for the long gone Angels Flight and Bunker Hill segments. 6/10Review with some screencaps in Film Noir & Gangster thread and also here: http://noirsville.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-unfaithful-1947-womans-noir.htmlWas that film somewhat similar to the Somerset Maugham story and movie, The Letter, CigarJoe?
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but waht makes it iconic? i dunno if my freinds &me would like it.
I can agree with you, with your assessment that you and your friends like TikiSoo probably would not like it, so it would be best none of your group watch it, as you say, Rip.
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imdb reveiw calls it boring. Y do U like it?
I really can't delineate specifics since taste is a personal thing.
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I remember the character played by Anjelica Huston in The Grifters (1990) pronounced Los Angeles with a hard "g". A personal favorite!
It was quite common to hear the hard "g" sound from natives in LA back in the 1940's and films show that influence.
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Just rewatched in a private showing the silent film by Franz Osten from the late 1920's called A Throw of the Dice or Prapancha Pash and it was even better than the first time I viewed it back in the day.This film based on the Indian epic The Mahabharata is so spectacular that it defies description. The crowd scenes alone make it legendary and having a great score accompaniment was what lifted it from merely iconic to an even higher status. I wonder if it will ever play on TCM.
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I recall they gave Elia Kazan an honorary Oscar in 1999, notwithstanding the fact he had won two before. As it happened Robert Bresson died later that year, leaving the message that you don't want to honor integrity too much.
Good point.
If one really wants an Oscar use the time honored Liz Taylor approach and almost die and have a tracheotomy and you will get one even for what she thought was trash in Butterfield 8.
No, TCM, you give Eddie Muller something better to do on your network than shill wine
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Rip, I referenced my friend Dan's fellow performer, Claire Trevor, due to my being gratified that she was savvy enough to die before she was assailed by those wishing to have her attend their film festivals, ostensibly in "tribute".
By the way, the derivation of my TCM moniker is not from a certain cult tv show as suggested in a post, but from a much earlier antecedent that any noir "expert" should know, as do all who hang out at Pink's.